Monthly Archives: October 2007

Regular readers – apologies for the lack of bloggage. There have been a number of reasons for this not least of which has been that I’ve caught another cold and am currently wrapped up on the sofa with a lemsip. Other than hacking my lungs up I’ve been busy writing the first draft of a […]

A bit rushed again this week. Not sure about it. Thought it sucked as I wrote it. Liked it on the reread and then hated it on editing it. Hope you enjoy – remember you’re free to comment. The New Arrival By Neil Beynon “’Morning,” said the stranger. The guard grunted. “’Spect you ain’t used […]

Lets get something straight, Dumbledore is gay. He smokes the pink peace pipe, he prefers his gardening downhill, he plays for the other side, he likes to polish wands and various other euphemisms for prefering wizards to witches. Only he doesn’t. He doesn’t because he’s a fictional character. Interesting news that this is to those […]

After months of waiting and jealously watching blogger after blogger go to see Stardust in the states it finally went on general release in the UK. Yesterday I finally got to see the movie. And it was wonderful. Most regular readers would expect me to say that. I am an unashamed Neil Gaiman fan but […]

It’s back, apologies for the missed post last week but life got in the way. This week’s recipe is another ode to soup, my scrummy roast tomato soup: Ingredients A load of plum tomatoes (fresh) Some fresh basil Salt Pepper Olive Oil Sun dried tomatoes This recipe is so easy and so lush I hardly […]

I’ve been a little short on time and energy this week but this is one of those little ditties I scribbled last week as my house fell apart around my ears. An experiment in optimism. Anniversary By Neil Beynon The room fell silent as he rose to his feet to speak. He was still striking, […]

My time in Washington is coming to an end; all that is left now is for me to skidaddle over to the airport to abuse the duty free and overpriced coffee. If I’m feeling flush I may purchase Joe Hill‘s new collection a few days earlier than its release in the UK; if you’re wise […]

I always remembered the US as being big, I put this down to me being 14 the last time I was here but what I hadn’t factored in was that I haven’t actually grown since i was 14. I was 5’6 then and I’m 5’6 now. I am the shortest person here. I have to […]

So for the interested the above is the incident I have been referring to. Our toilet became completely blocked as Thursday and due to us having had recently had work carried out on the drain we got the same company out to sort it. The emergency plumber didn’t quite grasp the situation and did not […]

I’m back – online that is – I’m nowhere near back as in London. As some of you will know and many will not life kind of got away from me from around Thursday last week until around an hour and a half ago when I flumped on to a bed in a hotel in […]